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[corp-watchers] Lessons of Empire: India, 60 Years After Independence
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Lessons of Empire: India, 60 Years After Independence
By Nick Robins and Pratap Chatterjee
Special to CorpWatch
August 14, 2007
60 years after India gained independence, British capital is still exploiting
poor communities in its former colony. Centuries after Britain's East India
Company -- the world's first multinational -- faced protests in London, a
group of villagers continue the tradition of resistance.
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